2013 Christy Award nominees

(April 23, 2013)

The Christy Advisory Board has announced the nominees in nine categories for the 14th annual Christy Awards for excellence in Christian fiction. The awards, which will be handed out in June, are named after the groundbreaking novel by Catherine Marshall.

SuspenseDownfall by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)The Last Plea Bargain by Randy Singer (Tyndale House)Rare Earth by Davis Bunn (Bethany House)Submerged by Dani Pettrey (Bethany House)
(Category includes four nominees due to a tie in scoring)

Young AdultChild of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank (Delacorte Press)Failstate by John W. Otte (Marcher Lord Press)Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words by Rachel Coker (Zondervan)

Created in 1999 to recognize novelists and novels of excellence, the Christy Awards honor authors in several categories. Each year, when publishers submit titles for consideration, the novels are read and evaluated against ten criteria by a panel comprised of librarians, literary critics, reviewers, and other readers that have no associations with a publishing company.